Russia's
Yaroslav Mudry frigate will join the FRUKUS international
naval drills that will kick off in the Baltic
Sea on Sunday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman
said. The annual naval drills, which traditionally
involve France, Russia, Britain and the United
States, practice interoperability for future joint
operations.

DCNS
and Pipavav have decided to establish a strategic
partnership for bringing DCNS technologies, methods
and skills into Pipavav, India’s first and
largest integrated defence company. The focus
of the teaming is to build the highest state of
the art strategic assets including modern warships
for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard.

Thales
UK’s state-of-the-art Sonar 2087 –
fitted to a Royal Navy (RN) Type 23 frigate –
has played a vital role in a major international
anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise in the Gulf
of Oman. HMS
Westminster and a Trafalgar-class submarine led
the RN’s involvement in Exercise Arabian
Shark, a test of Coalition navies to deal with
submarines in the Arabian Sea. During the exercise,
the RN described the combined ASW capabilities
of the ship and helicopter sonar as being ‘the
best in the world’

The
Indian Navy's Russian-built aircraft carrier Vikramaditya
(formerly Admiral Gorshkov) began sea trials early
on Friday morning in the White Sea - four years
after it was originally due to take to sea again.

Huntington
Ingalls Industries announced June 5th that its
Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the U.S.
Navy's next amphibious assault ship, America (LHA
6), from the company's floating drydock on Monday.

Diehl
Defence has received an order from France to develop
and qualify modern naval ammunition. It constitutes
a refinement of the 76 mm naval ammunition employed
worldwide. The new ammunition is being realized
with insensitive explosives and is scheduled for
deployment in the Oto Melara SUPER RAPIDO L-62
naval guns of the new frigates FREMM and HORIZON
from 2015. The 76 mm ammunition is capable of
engaging both air and sea targets as well as coastal
targets.

The
Ministry of Defence of Indonesia and Damen Schelde
Naval Shipbuilding, The Netherlands today signed
a contract for the engineering, build and delivery
of a SIGMA 10514 Guided Missile Frigate, PKR (Perusak
Kawal Rudal). The PKR will be built for the Indonesian
Navy, TNI AL, and is to be delivered in 2016.

The
US Navy commissioned USS Mississippi (SSN 782),
the ninth Virginia-class attack submarine, during
a ceremony in Pascagoula, Miss., June 2. Mississippi,
built under a unique teaming agreement between
General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington
Ingalls Industries - Newport News, delivered to
the Navy in just over 62 months - the fastest
delivery yet for a Virginia class submarine. All
Virginia class submarines currently under construction
are on track to deliver early to the Navy.

On
May 24th, Indonesian Shipyard PT PAL held the
first steel cut ceremony for the head of a new
class of Fast Missile Craft for the Indonesian
Navy called KCR-60M (Kapal Cepat Rudal 60 Meter).
Three ships of the class have been ordered.

The
U.S. Navy May 31st awarded Huntington Ingalls
Industries a $2.38 billion fixed-price-incentive
contract for the detail design and construction
of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship Tripoli
(LHA 7). The ship will be built at the company's
Ingalls Shipbuilding division.